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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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States Double Down on Incentives to Woo Companies
In the wake of the recession and the long, slow recovery from it, state and local governments have been even more eager to offer incentives to the few projects they have hopes of landing.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Era of Divided Government is Over
For the first time in a long time, one party holds both the legislature and governorship in 37 states.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Pays for Superstorm Sandy?
States don’t just want money to rebuild -- they want money to make far-reaching changes to infrastructure too.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sandy Forces Northeast to Rethink Infrastructure
In an effort to emerge more resilient and prosperous, states and localities are rethinking power grids, roads and sewers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
What’s next? Arm the students? If teachers wanted to carry guns in order to do their day job, they would have become policemen.
Richard L. Saslaw, minority leader of the Virginia state Senate, where a bill is being drafted to require some teachers or other school staff to carry concealed weapons in schools. The bill is in response to the recent mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school that left 20 children dead.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$9.19
The new minimum wage in Washington state, as of Jan. 1, 2013. Washington is one of ten states increasing their minimum wage in the new year. The federal minimum wage is $7.25.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
CDC: Gun-Violence Research Restricted by Politics
At one time, the Centers for Disease Control was dedicated to addressing gun violence as a matter of public health. But gun rights advocates accused the CDC of practicing politics rather than science, and Congress stripped the agency of funding for gun-related research.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Sandy Aid, Senate Weighs 'Pay Now or Later' Dilemma
Lawmakers considering an emergency package for Superstorm Sandy aid are struggling over whether it’s better to spend money only on immediate disaster relief or to fund investments that are needed for preventing future disasters.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Teachers Required to Carry Guns in Schools Under Virginia Bill
Del. Robert G. Marshall is proposing a bill that would require some teachers or other school staff to carry concealed weapons in schools.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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FDA, States Start Compounding Pharmacy Discussion
The Food and Drug Administration conferred with public health officials from 50 states for the first time about how best to strengthen rules governing compounding pharmacies in the wake of a national meningitis outbreak caused by a tainted pain medication produced by a Massachusetts pharmacy.
December 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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